Making bets with the railroad conductor on what time we'll be home
He thinks he's got it all figured out, but little does he know
I hear there's a bandit in this town who steals for the poor
But just as I was thinking this someone burst through the rail car door

Suddenly this girl with hair the colour of the sun
She took me hostage and held me with her gun
I tried to pay the ransom but my money wouldn't do
She told me just to love her and that's what I plan to do

Well I never would have guessed that the bandit would be a she
But I was certain that with my bad luck she was gonna pick me
I fell to my knees and I begged because my life was in her hands
But boy was I surprised when she listed her demands

Suddenly this girl with hair the colour of the sun
She took me hostage and held me with her gun
I tried to pay the ransom but my money wouldn't do
She told me just to love her and that's what I plan to do

The bandit told me all of her problems with finding the right man
You see half of them would runaway but the rest wouldn't understand
I told her I loved her so and looked her in the eye
She said you'd better keep on loving me until the day you die

Then suddenly this girl with hair the colour of the sun
She took me hostage and held me with her gun
I tried to pay the ransom but my money wouldn't do
She told me just to love her and that's what I plan to do
I tried to pay the ransom but my money wouldn't do
She told me just to love her and that's what I plan to do